Railway-tie.



O. O. MARTIN.

RAILWAY TIE.

APPLIGATION FILED 0GT.13, 1910.

Patented. Apr. 18, 1911v E3110 1'1 foe bro Railway-Ties,

CHARLES. l3. MARTIN, MURPHYSBGRO,

ILLINOIS}.

esteem.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, CHARLES C. MARTIN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Murphysboro, in the county of Jackson and State of Illinois, ha've invented certain new and useful Improvements in of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to railroad ties, and the principal object of the same is to produce a device for holdingthe rail to the tie, and it is also desired to produce a. device which can be easily applied to the rail, but at the same time will securely hold the rail in place.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein, I

igure 1 is a topplan view of a section of the track, showing the rail held on by the improved device. Fig. 2 is a side view of a tie, having applicants invention applied thereto, a portion of the tie being ken away to show the interior constructionof the tie. Fig. 3isa fragmentary view of the end of the tie supplied with appli cants invention. Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the improved attachment. Fig. 5 is a view of one end of a tie supplied with applicants invention.

Referring to .the accompanying drawings by numerals, itwill be seen that the invention consists of a channel tie, 1, having a block'of hard wood, 2, placed between the sides 34, near each of its ends. The sides 3-t are provided with alined apertures 5-5, and 6+6, each pair of apertures be- A clamp, 7,

ing to one side of the block, 2. each of the is placed upon the outside of sides, 3%, and is provided with apertures,- 8, in its ends, which register with the apertures 5--6. The upper-portion of the plate, 7, extends above the tie, and is provided-with a cut out place, 9. The sides, 10, of the cut out, 9, are shaped to conform to the base of the rail, 11, While the side, 12, is curved to Specification of Letters Iatent. Application filed October 13, 191%). Serial No.

Patented Apr. 18, 1911.

cause the plate to tightly grip the base of the rail when turned upward to position.

In order to secure the rail to the tie, the

rail is placed upon the block, 2, and a plate,

7, 18 secured to the rail by placing it' against the side of thetie and bringing it up so that the base of the rail enters the cut out, 9, the portion of the rail toward the side, 10 entering first. The plate is now drawn up until the plate is in the position shown in Fig. 2. After both of the plates are in position, the bolts, 13, are passed through the alined apertures and are tightened by means of nuts, 14. It should be noted that the plates, 7, are placed upon the tie so that they face in opposite directions; that is to say, the side, 10, or one plate grips the inside portion of the rail base, 10, while in the other plate the side, 10, grips the outside portion of the rail base. This causes the rail to be tightly clamped into'p'lace.

Having thus described my invention what being curved totightly wedge the rail within the notch, said plates provided with openings near each end registering with the openings in the body portion, and bolts passing through said openings to secure'said plates to said body'portion.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. CHARLES C. MARTIN. Witnesses:

J OHN H, STAPLES, EDWARD L. BENoINo. 

